The specific behavior of an organism during the emergence from an egg shell. In Drosophila for example, the larva swings its head reiteratively through a semicircular arc, using its mouth hooks to tear apart the chorion in front of it and thus free itself from within the egg shell. [ GOC:pr http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10436051 ]
Synonyms: hatching behaviour